4 Mar 1914 - Daily Herald (Everett, Washington)

Page 6, Column 3

HER HUSBAND SLAIN, WIFE TRIES SUICIDE Distracted, Wife of Dead Issaquah Racher Attempts to Die

ISSAQUAH, March 4 - The murderers of Henry Werner at his ranch home, nine miles northeast of here, early Monday morning, have escaped temporarily, but a thirty-six hour investigation by Deputy Sheriffs John Roberts and Herbert Beebe may establish their identity before the end of the week.

In the murder of Werner a mattock, or grubbing hoe, was used and nearly a score of wounds, any one of which would have been fatal and most of which must have been administered after death, were inflicted about Werner's head. Deputy Roberts is of the belief that a knife also was used, as Werner's clothing is slashed in several places, though only one silent wound appears to have been inflicted in this manner.

Mrs. Werner discovered the body of her husband a few minutes after he was struck down in his barn. Her attempts to restore consciousness were futile, and some time later, when neighbors who were summoned by Wilhelm Henry Werner, the 8-year-old son, arrived, Mrs. Werner was in a semi-conscious condition that later resolved itself into hysteria. While in this condition Mrs. Werner tried to kill herself by taking strychnine and saved only by the heroic efforts of friends until the arival of Dr. O. A. Kells, from this place.